Behavioral and reproductive response of white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi) to resistant and susceptible Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)

Insects

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Robert, Jeanne A ^a   Bohlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer defense; Host selection; Insect ovary development; Picea sitchensis; Pissodes strobi; Sitka spruce; White pine weevil

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 79953000696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects1010003     Document Type: Article

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